Contributed by Bill Butsko on Aug 19, 2006
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Stephen R. Adams wrote these words:
Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is peace;
Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is love;
There is comfort in life’s darkest hour,
There is light and
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Christian Church
Contributed by Brian La Croix on Jul 6, 2008
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FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
The fruit is singular, not plural.
The most common teaching is that there are nine fruits of the Spirit. But that’s not the case. It’s one “fruit,” and that fruit has those characteristics.
For instance, take an apple. It’s one apple, but it has many characteristics: red,
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Bruce Ball on Jul 7, 2009
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SEALED BY THE SPIRIT
How many of you have ever canned food? When I was a child, we lived on a farm in the Appalachia Mountains of Virginia, and my parents canned all kinds of food. If they just put it in the jar without sealing it, the outside air would get in it and ruin the food. By sealing it,
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CHRIST AND THE SPIRIT
Luke's Gospel places an huge emphasis on the Holy Spirit. As the the third century Bible teacher St. Origen puts it:
"Christ is born; the Spirit is his forerunner.
Christ is baptised; the Spirit bears him witness.
Christ is tempted; the Spirit leads him
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Anglican
Contributed by Chuck Sligh on Apr 14, 2011
BATHED IN THE SPIRIT
I remember when I had my cancer surgery in 1979. Susan and I had a pact that when I came out from the anesthesia, no matter how bad the news, she would tell me the truth about my prognosis. When I woke up from the anesthesia, I turned to her from my bed and whispered hoarsely,
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WORDS IN THE SPIRIT
When I was asked to be the preacher for the North Little Rock Ministerial Alliance Community Thanksgiving Service, I was floored. I didn't think that anybody thought that much about me. I was honored by the gesture, but the moment I said "yes," my nerves got the best of me. I
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Methodist
THE SPIRIT IS A LIGHT
If there was no light, we would all be as blind people, we could see no colours, all would be dark inside. We wouldn’t be able to read this Bible if there was no light.
You see the Christian life is like a journey. And God has given us a road map, which is the Bible. Now
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Baptist
Contributed by Guy Mcgraw on Mar 7, 2012
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DEPRESSIONS OF SPIRIT
One Sunday morning in 1866, the famous preacher C. H. Spurgeon shocked 5,000 listeners from the pulpit of London's Metropolitan Tabernacle he announced, "I am the subject of depressions of spirit so fearful that I hope none of you ever gets to such extremes of wretchedness as
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Contributed by Charles Jones on Jun 30, 2012
THE SPIRIT OF POVERTY
If:
You justify your lack and make excuses.
You are afraid to give under the direction of the Holy Spirit.
You govern your finances with a lack of trust and don't believe God is your source.
Your are suspicious that those around you may take your money.
When things
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Pentecostal
SYMBOL OF THE SPIRIT
Jim Cymbala: "The Bible has other symbols for the Holy Spirit besides water. One is wind, which in the original Greek in the New Testament is the same word as breath. Wind helps us to visualize the invisible and mysterious movement of the Spirit" (John 3: 8).
[Cymbala, Jim
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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THE SPIRIT SHINES ON THE SAVIOR
The Holy Spirit’s distinctive role is to fulfill what we may call a floodlight ministry in relation to the Lord Jesus Christ. When floodlighting is well done, the floodlights are placed so that you do not see them; in fact, you are not supposed to see where the
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